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Boucher's career-high 26 lead No. 23 Oregon past Arizona St

Chris Boucher scored a career-high 26 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked seven shots and No. 23 Oregontook sole possession of first place halfway through the Pac-12 season with a 91-74 victory over Arizona State.

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TEMPE, Ariz. — Chris Boucher scored a career-high 26 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and blocked seven shots and No. 23 Oregon took sole possession of first place halfway through the Pac-12 season with a 91-74 victory over Arizona State on Sunday night.

Dillon Brooks added 18 points and Tyler Dorsey 16 for the Ducks (18-4, 7-2), who won their fourth straight and seventh in the last eight games. Oregon is ahead of four teams at 6-3 in conference play.

The 6-foot-10 Boucher was the national junior college player of the year last season at Northwest College in Wyoming. In this one, he hurt the Sun Devils from inside and outside, sinking a career-best four 3-pointers in eight attempts

Oregon completed a sweep of the Arizona teams in the desert. The Ducks ended No. 18 Arizona's 49-game homecourt winning streak with an 83-75 win in Tucson on Thursday night.

Leading just 37-36 at the break Sunday, Oregon scored the first seven points of the second half from the foul line and the Sun Devils never caught up again.

Three-pointers by Kodi Justice and Blakes cut the Ducks' lead to 53-50, then Boucher sank consecutive 3s, Brooks made two free throws and scored inside and a 12-2 run put Oregon up 65-52 with 8 minutes to play.

Tra Holder's 3 cut the lead to 70-63 but Arizona State could get no closer. A technical foul on Arizona State coach Bobby Hurley for complaining on a foul call resulted in Dorsey sinking three free throws to put the Ducks up 73-63 with 4:57 left.

The Ducks jumped to a 13-0 lead but Arizona State outscored them 23-7 over the next 8 1/2 minutes to take a 23-20 lead. There were four ties and three lead changes in the first 20 minutes.

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Oregon: Ducks were 9 for 9 at the foul line in the first 1:45 of the second half. ... Boucher's previous career high was 18. ... The Ducks last swept Arizona and Arizona State on the road in 2012. ... Dillon reached double figures for the 16th time in his last 17 games. ... Oregon had more turnovers in the first half (eight) than they did the entire game at Arizona (six).

Arizona State: Sun Devils had won five of the previous seven meetings in Tempe. ... Arizona State's 59 percent shooting percentage Thursday night against Oregon State was its highest in a Pac-12 game since 2013.